title: Small-bowel bezoar versus small-bowel feces: CT evaluation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of our study was to evaluate the accuracy of CT for differentiating small-bowel bezoar from small-bowel feces in cases of small-bowel obstruction (SBO).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In cases of SBO, although some CT features of bezoars and small-bowel feces overlap, a well-defined mass mottled with gas bubbles associated with an encapsulating wall, the newly described "floating fat-density debris" sign, and a lesion in the stomach that appears similar to the obstructing mass is typical of a small-bowel bezoar; an isolated amorphous mass mottled with gas bubbles is typical of small-bowel feces.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie A, CHU Jean Minjoz, 3 Bvd Fleming, 25030 Besançon, France. eric.delabrousse@orange.fr
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delabrousse
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lubrano
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sailley
authors.forename: Sebastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aubry
authors.forename: Georges A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mantion
authors.forename: Bruno A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kastler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001630:Bezoars / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005243:Feces; D005260:Female; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*